BANGKOK —

The Olympic torch arrived in Thailand from India before dawn Friday ahead of the torch relay to be held Saturday afternoon in Bangkok amid tightened security. A chartered plane carrying the torch arrived at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, the 12th leg of the global torch relay.
   
The torch and its Chinese attendants were then taken to a hotel in central Bangkok along a tightly guarded route. The torch relay ceremony will start at 3 p.m. Saturday in Bangkok’s Chinatown, reflecting the close relationship between Thailand and China, according to Yuthasak Sasiprapha, president of National Olympic Committee of Thailand.
 

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  GrouchyGaijin at 09:51 PM JST - 18th April

  Get the trannies to run!

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